Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-05

priately appareled you. Your health from
Him. vour companion from Him, your
children from Him, your home IRON him.
MI the bright surrounding of your LIE
from Him, o man, what dost thou with
fiat hard heart? Canst thou not feel one
throb of gratitude toward the Goa thas
made YOU, and the Chris who came 10 re,
deem you, and the Holy Ghost who has all
these wears been importuning you! Ii you
could sit down five minutes under the 1r ,:
of n Sayiour's martyrdom, and feel HIS
warm life trickling on your forehead and
cheek, and hands, methinks you would get
some appreciation of what you owe to
crucifed Jesus.
Heart of stone, relent, relent,
Touched by Jesus cross subdued,
See his body mangled, rent,
Covered with gore OF blood,
Sinful soul, what hast thou done!
Crucifed the eternal Son.
Jacob with good deal of tug and push
took the stone from the wells mouth, SO
that the tiocks might be watered. And
would that this morning my word, blessed
of God, might remove the hindrances to
your getting up to the Gospel we'll. Yea,
I take it for granted that the work is done,
and now, like oriental shepherds, l pro-
Come, all ye thirsty! You have an I'M
defined longing in your soul. You tried
money making; that did not satisfy you.
You tried Office under Government; that
did not satisfy you. You tried pictures
and sculptures; but works of art did not
satisfy you. You are as much disconnected
with this life as the celebrated French
author who felt that he could not any
longer endure the misfortunes of the
world, and who said: "At o'clock this
afternoon shall put an end to my own ex-
7 %oI To
that time for the sustenance of my family"
And he wrote on his book until the clock
struck four, when be folded up his manu-
script and, by his own hand, concluded his
earthly life. There are men in this house
who are perfectly disconnected. Unhappy
in the past, unhappy to-day, to be unhappy
forever, unless you come to this Gospel
we'll. This satisfies the soul with high,
deep, all absorbing, and eternal satisfac-
ton. 1t comes, and it offers the most
| unfortunate man so much of this world as
is best for him, and throws oil Heaven into
the bargain. The wealth of Crnsus, and of
and oil the Rothschilds is only a poor,
miserable shilling compared with the
eternal fortunes that Christ offers you to-
day. In the far east there was q king
who used once year to get on scales,
while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver and gems; indeed
enough were placed there to balance the
king; then, at the close of the weighing,
all those treasures were thrown among the
populace. But Christ to-day steps on one
side the scales, and on the other side all
treasures of the universe, and He says:
Gall are yours-all height, all depth, all
yours" We don't appreciate the promises
of the Gospel. When an aged clergyman
was dying-a man very eminent in the
church, young theological student stood
by his side, and the aged man looked up
and said to him: "Can't you give me
some comfort in my dying hour?" mo, "
said the young man; 81 can't talk to you on
this subject; you know all about it, and
have known it SO long" "Well," said the
dying man, "just recite to me some prom
Uses. The young man thought moment,
of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin; ~
and the old man clapped his hands, and in
his dying moment said "That's just the
promise l have been waiting for. The
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
SIM" Oh, the warmth, the grandeur the
magnifcence of the promises!
Come also to this Gospel we'll, all We
troubled. do not suppose you have
escaped. Compare your view of this life
at Is years of age with what your view is
of it at 40, or GO, OF 10. What q great con-
trast of opinion! Were you right then, OF
are you right now? Two cups placed in
your hands-the one sweet cup, the
other sour cup. cup of Joy and a cup
of grief. Which has been the nearest to
being full, and out of which have you the
more frequently partaken? What diff
ferent place Greenwood is from what il
used to be? Once it was to you grand
city improvement, and you went out on the
pleasure excursion, and you ran laughingly
up the mound, and you criticised in a light
way the epitaph. But since the day when
you heard the bell toll at the gate when
you went in with the procession, it is sad
place and there is a flood Of rushing
memories that sutfuse the eye and over
master the heart. Oh, you have had
trouble, trouble, trouble. God only knows
how much you have had. 1t is wonder
you have been able TO live through it. 1t
is a wonder your nervous system has not
been shattered, and your brain has not
reeled. Trouble, trouble. If I could
gather all the griefs, of all sorts, from this
great audience. and could put them in one
scroll, neither man nor angel could endure
the recitation. Well, what do you want?
Would you like to have your property back
again? "No," you say, as Christian man,
~ was becoming arrogant, and 1 think that
is why the Lord took it away. 1 don't
want to have my property back" Well,
then, what do you want? A thousand voices
i'll the audience cry out: Comfort, give US
comfort" For that reason I have rolled
away the stone from the wells mouth.
Come, all We wounded Of the flock, pur-
sued of the wolves, come to the fountain
where the Lords sick and bereft ones have
come.
"Ah," says some one, "you are not old
enough to understand my SORROWS. You
have not been in the world as long as J
have, and you can't talk to me about nv
misfortunes in the time of old age" Well.
l may not have lived as long as YOU, but I
have been great deal among old people,
and know how they feel about their fail.
ing health, aud about their departed friends.
and about the loneliness that sometimes
strikes through their souls. After two
persons have lived together for forty or
fifty years, and one of them is taken away.
what desolation! [ shall not forget the crv
OF the late Rev. DIR. Dewitt, of New York.
when he stood by the open grave of lis
beloved wife, and, after the obsequies had
ended, he looked down into the open place
and said: Farewell, my honored, faithful.
and beloved wife. The bond that bonni
us is severed. Thou art in glory, and I